Walter Johnson

Byways in British Archaeology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Johnson's detailed and enthusiastically written 1912 history of Britain's churches and their churchyards emphasises the concept of 'folk memory'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 756g
• ISBN-13: 9780521228770
• ISBN-10: 0521228778
• Artikelnr.: 33869495

Inhaltsangabe

1. Churches of Pagan sites
2. Churches on Pagan sites (continued)
3. The secular uses of the Church fabric
4. The secular use of the Church fabric (continued)
5. The orientation of churches
6. The orientation of graves
7. Survivals in burial customs
8. The folk-lore of the cardinal points
9. The churchyard yew
10. The cult of the horse
11. 'The Labour'd Ox'
12. Retrospect
Addenda
Index.